青春英语美文：人在旅途

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青春英语美文：人在旅途
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　　Wherever you are, and whoever you may be,
  S; K. z2 L: P, z9 A" \8 ]　　there is one thing in which you and I are
% D- c0 w3 K* m; {, O' P8 n) W　　just alike,at this moment, and in all the moments
　　of our existence.We are not at rest;
　　we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;
　　it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,
　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
　　Even when our position and our character seem to
2 y. S3 u+ r7 o  l　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
7 D9 @2 b0 v5 n/ [　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
+ F# b; D" h: [  W5 J1 W2 b) S　　The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish
　　in the man.Everything that we do is a step
　　in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something
　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
7 O% P9 U! E3 p! B1 \3 m6 ^" C　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
/ Z" N9 y! o% H3 a+ |! g　　just as real as the action of the positive pole.
　　To decline is to accept — the other alternative.
2 a& }7 v& O( k: t3 F9 r. r　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?
& S& Q. H6 g3 r　　Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;
  w0 Z/ a* G+ @- p: C' H　　for since your ship was first launched upon
　　the sea of life you have never been still
　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
　　there can be no pause until you come into port.

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